GALLERY: Canon's top photos of 2017

FROM a Maroochydore beach to a Tokyo street, these are the photos the Australian public loved on Canon's social media pages this year.

Canon Australia shared these photos, taken by photographers both in the country and overseas, to much love from Facebook and Instagram fans.

The photos feature everything from a rainbow on Bondi Beach to a beloved puppy making a home among the camera equipment.

Canon Collective member Reilly Wardrope, whose photo of the wrecks at Tangalooma is among the top picks, advised beginner photographers to keep a camera handy all the time. "Be aware of your surroundings, look at things from a different perspective," he said.